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Historical Event on 2/12/1871

Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1997Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.
11/14/1955Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President.
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
4/24/1932450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress.
9/17/1934Gandhiji announced his decision to retire from politics from October one to engage himself in the development of village industries, Harijan service and education through basic crafts.
7/9/1969Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad.
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
7/22/1999J. H. Patel, Karnataka Chief Minister, recommends dissolution of the Assembly and the Governor Khurshid Alam Khan accepts it. Earlier Mr. Patel drops eight Ministers including the Deputy Chief Minister Siddharamiah.
8/19/1916Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.